LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG

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Byline: The Register-Guard

Medical liability system failing

On Nov. 21, The Register-Guard published a column written for The Washington Post by William Brody, president of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity.

Unfortunately, in an apparent effort to continue to justify their own position opposing the narrowly defeated Measure 35, the editors of The Register-Guard missed Brody's main point.

The Washington Post titled Brody's piece "Dispelling malpractice myths." The Register-Guard headline read "Malpractice caps won't fix problem." The real point Brody accurately made is that the medical liability system is failing to do what it should do.

During the recent campaign, Measure 35 supporters repeatedly stated that passage would stabilize the...